Mizzou's Michael Sam says he's gay — Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from Missouri Tigers and the Associated Press' SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay in an interview with ESPN's “Outside the Lines” on Sunday. — Sam stated publicly what his teammates …

The Hillary Papers — On May 12, 1992, Stan Greenberg and Celinda Lake, top pollsters for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, issued a confidential memo. The memo's subject was “Research on Hillary Clinton.” — Voters admired the strength of the Arkansas first couple, the pollsters wrote.

GOP grows confident of Senate takeover — At an annual gathering of Republican bigwigs in Florida a year ago, a top GOP strategist was chided after he gave a presentation about how his party would win the Senate in 2014, including a handout that blared “MAJORITY” in red.

The NSA's Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program — The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes - an unreliable tactic that results in the deaths of innocent or unidentified people.

Economic Confidence Still Highest in D.C. in 2013 — Confidence improved in most states; West Virginia still least confident — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although scores on Gallup's Economic Confidence Index improved in most U.S. states in 2013, the index remained negative in all 50.

Reid again eyes Senate rulebook — Liberal groups are agitating for another round of filibuster reform after Senate Majority Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) controversial triggering of the nuclear option last year has done little to alleviate Senate gridlock. — A coalition of labor and liberal groups …

Hillary Clinton's New Money Man — DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg used to be close with the Clintons — until he threw them over for Barack Obama in 2007. Now he wants to send Hillary to the White House in 2016. — Robert Galbraith / Reuters

Did Petraeus Just Endorse Hillary Clinton? — Among Republicans, there is no more popular general than David Petraeus, the commander credited for salvaging the Iraq war and the architect of the counter-insurgency strategy pursued by President Bush. Petraeus has always shied away from politics …

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